PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1996101112 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — SAN ANTONIO, TX

Current as of 1996-10-18 Government source

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Incident I-1996101112PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1996101112. Incident date: 1996-10-18. Location: SAN ANTONIO, TX. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CO. Shipper: OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CO. Materials: UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 210 LGA released. What failed: Auxiliary Valve; Piping or Fittings. Reported failure causes: Rollover Accident; Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage. Reported result: Spillage. Reporter-submitted DOT Form 5800.1 data may be incomplete, corrected, supplemented, or misreported. A record, serious-incident classification, failure description, or relationship to a reporting rule is not a PHMSA causal finding, compliance determination, or finding of a violation.#

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